On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:47:16 +0100, Bearded
wrote:

Greetings from West Thamesmead.

[snip]

The answer to our prayers is the Greenwich Waterfront Transit - with
dedicated busways or bus lanes linking N Greenwich / Charlton /
Woolwich / West Thamesmead and Thamesmead.


However Andrew Gilligan of the Evening Standard has decided that it is
too expensive and "a vanity project" for TfL. See

http://tinyurl.com/6qlw8f

Yes, maybe there are savings to be found - but the bottom line is: We
need a better link to London now! What can we do to counter the Gillgan
campaign

I saw that article today. I thought it was so very generous of Mr
Gilligan, the Evening Standard and Associated Newspapers to believe that
they had been elected and they had any say in what TfL spends its money
on. Strangely I don't recall seeing them as candidates on my ballot
paper.

I was also intrigued that Mr Gilligan has also supplanted the TfL
Business Case Handbook by being able to declare on the spot that some
projects are simply not worth doing. Still as long we all get "value
for money" [1] and a reduced Mayoral precept we'll all be dancing in the
streets.

[1] that great well defined concept that we all know and love.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!